It cannot be said with certainty whether CSL is the future of ISL but a recent report on the crisis of Chinese football has this to say:
"The fundamental reason is that the foundation of Chinese professional football is too weak," Ma, who has 1.5 million followers on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform, wrote in a column. Clubs are built and run by companies which have little connect.to the communities where they are based, Ma explained. "Therefore the survival of China's professional clubs directly depends on the economic situation of the enterprise or company," he wrote.
"Once the company or enterprise has problems, the club ceases to exist." That's what happened to Jiangsu FC, who were until recently called Jiangsu Suning, named after their backers. The Suning conglomerate, which also owns Serie A leaders Inter Milan, is in financial peril and has cut the team loose.
Concerned about clubs' high spending and the lack of opportunities for Chinese players, the CFA imposed a 100 per cent transfer tax in 2017 on incoming foreigners, plus recent salary and investment caps. The Shanghai Observer said clubs must abandon single-owner models in favour of multiple stakeholders including "government, enterprises, communities and even individuals". "Super League clubs cannot only rely on blood transfusions from their parent company but must attract more sponsorship, match-day income (and improve) transfer market operations, etc.," it said in an opinion piece.
A somewhat similar situation has been witnessed in Indian football in recent times too with several clubs having shut shop or shifting operations because "they have little connect" to the cities and communities where they have been based--most notably, FC Pune City and Delhi Dynamos changing hands and shifting to different cities.
Most of the clubs are struggling to break even till now. As a recent Livemint report said:
In 2017-18, the latest year for which data was available, only one franchise reported a pre-tax profit: the JSW group-owned Bengaluru FC. Even that was made possible by the ₹37.4 crores it received as ‘brand promotion and sponsorship fees’ from a group company. Similarly, the numbers of Jamshedpur FC in 2017-18 were boosted by ₹30 crores it received from its parent, Tata Steel, for ‘rendering of services’.
This is indicative of a similar malaise as in the CSL--"blood transfusions from the parent company" without much sponsorship and match-day income. So there are certainly important takeaways from the CSL crisis.
I think all the teams in ISL has to start the monetizing their merchandise, engaging the fans, do away with star as broadcasting partner and plan for the future instead of short term goals.. If not will not be surprised if few more teams closes in few years..
Tianjin Tigers, one of China’s oldest clubs are on the cusp of shutting
shop due to new Chinese league policy, which bars corporates from
lending their names to football teams.
i don't understand shouldn't it be the opposite? Why would anyone support coporatish club names. I myself desiped clubs like Mahindra UTD,Air India, ONGC, Indian Bank, Kerala Police and several others like those.
Churchill Brothers, Gokulam, Roundglass Punjab, Minerva Punjab, although corporatish but people have connection with the brand or sounds coolenough like RB Leipzig, PSV Eindhoven, Bayer Leverkusen.
Deportivo one of the 5 clubs to win laliga is now facing relegation fight to 4th division. Nothing seems to go right. Including their signing of Miku a major disappointment
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"The fundamental reason is that the foundation of Chinese professional football is too weak," Ma, who has 1.5 million followers on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform, wrote in a column. Clubs are built and run by companies which have little connect.to the communities where they are based, Ma explained. "Therefore the survival of China's professional clubs directly depends on the economic situation of the enterprise or company," he wrote.
"Once the company or enterprise has problems, the club ceases to exist." That's what happened to Jiangsu FC, who were until recently called Jiangsu Suning, named after their backers. The Suning conglomerate, which also owns Serie A leaders Inter Milan, is in financial peril and has cut the team loose.
Concerned about clubs' high spending and the lack of opportunities for Chinese players, the CFA imposed a 100 per cent transfer tax in 2017 on incoming foreigners, plus recent salary and investment caps. The Shanghai Observer said clubs must abandon single-owner models in favour of multiple stakeholders including "government, enterprises, communities and even individuals". "Super League clubs cannot only rely on blood transfusions from their parent company but must attract more sponsorship, match-day income (and improve) transfer market operations, etc.," it said in an opinion piece.
https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/football-powerhouse-by-2050-chinas-dream-close-to-getting-red-card-957243.html
A somewhat similar situation has been witnessed in Indian football in recent times too with several clubs having shut shop or shifting operations because "they have little connect" to the cities and communities where they have been based--most notably, FC Pune City and Delhi Dynamos changing hands and shifting to different cities.
Most of the clubs are struggling to break even till now. As a recent Livemint report said:
In 2017-18, the latest year for which data was available, only one franchise reported a pre-tax profit: the JSW group-owned Bengaluru FC. Even that was made possible by the ₹37.4 crores it received as ‘brand promotion and sponsorship fees’ from a group company. Similarly, the numbers of Jamshedpur FC in 2017-18 were boosted by ₹30 crores it received from its parent, Tata Steel, for ‘rendering of services’.
https://www.livemint.com/sports/football-news/how-are-isl-clubs-faring-off-the-field-11571292069466.html
This is indicative of a similar malaise as in the CSL--"blood transfusions from the parent company" without much sponsorship and match-day income. So there are certainly important takeaways from the CSL crisis.
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